Un matemático invierte en bolsa

John Allen Paulos sintió a finales de los años noventa, en pleno auge de las empresas «punto com», la irresistible atracción del mundo de la Bolsa. Invirtió dinero, especuló con acciones, se arriesgó cada vez más y... ¡perdió!, tal vez al igual que muchos de ...

Acabarán con el capitalismo

Del escándalo de Enron a la debacle de Vivendi, del estallido de la burbuja de Internet a la crisis de confianza que atraviesan los mercados, el planeta entero vive obsesionado con la posibilidad de un desplome generalizado del sistema económico y financiero. Pero ¿quién quiere ...

Capital account

a money manager's reports from a turbulent decade (1993-2002)

Capital Account relates the story of the world's greatest investment bubble from the perspective of professional investors. The book, comprised of selected reports from Marathon Asset Management, a successful global investment firm, explains how shareholder value - the notion that companies should be run in ...

Eat what you kill

the fall of a Wall Street lawyer

He had it all, and then he lost it. But why did he do it, risking everything -- wealth, success, livelihood, freedom, and the security of family? Eat What You Kill is the story of John Gellene, a rising star and bankruptcy partner at one of ...

De Lumière a Wall Street

cine, economía y sociedad

192 películas, que todo el mundo debería haber visto o quizás todavía puede hacerlo, componen un interesantísimo mosaico sobre el que los autores con gran maestría nos introducen en el apasionante mundo del cine y su relación con la economía y la sociedad.

Responsabilidad social de la empresa y finanzas sociales

En los tiempos que corren,dificilmente cabría apuntar hacia temas de mayor actualidad y trascendencia para los mercados financieros y para la opinión pública europea que los relacionados con las deficiencias estructurales que presenta el comportamiento ético en el ejercicio de su operativa.Preocupa,y ...

A mathematician plays the market

Could a maths expert outwit the stock market and make millions? John Allen Paulos, one of the world#s most renowned mathematicians, decided there was only one way to find out: to take a gamble on the investment game himself. But he soon discovered that ...

Frenzy

bubbles, busts and how to come out ahead

Despite all the hype, the technology bubble of the 1990s was not driven by the Internet. It was driven by innate human forces that transcend the Internet, the 1990s, the twentieth century, and the United States. Extraordinary, incalculable opportunity frequently creates bubbles. In this situation ...

Booms,bubbles and bust in the US stock market

An extremely user-friendly overview of the inner workings with the US stock market. Things have changed a great deal since the heady days of the 1980s and we are now entering an era of profound uncertainty, with most analysts predicting trouble ahead. Indeed, the alarming ...

Manual de mercados financieros

El objetivo fundamental de este manual es dar una visión pormenorizada de los mercados de activos financieros en España y de las operaciones que, en ellos, pueden realizar los inversores. Los autores ofrecen una descripción de los principales activos, agentes y sistemas de negociación que ...

The bond king

investment secrets from PIMCO's Bill Gross

INDICE PART ONE: GROSS THE MAN. Introduction. Chapter 1. From $200 to Half a Billion. Chapter 2. Total Return Investing. Chapter 3. The Three Wise Men. PART TWO: TOTAL RETURN INVESTING. Chapter 4. A Waterlogged World. Chapter 5. All Bonds are Divided Into Three Parts ...

Fixed income markets library

This a comprehensive, in-depth treatment of the corporate bond markets for investors and bankers. It comprises the following books: * Corporate Bonds and Structured Financial Products * Understanding Credit Derivatives * Advanced Fixed Income Analysis The library addresses issues of importance for all those involved to any extent ...

Corporate bonds and structured financial products

This book is a detailed account of the instruments that are used in the corporate bond markets, from conventional "plain vanilla" bonds to hybrid instruments and structured products. There is background information on bond pricing and yield, as well as a detailed look at the ...

European fixed income markets

money, bond, and interest rate derivatives

This book offers a clear, insightful perspective on the post-euro fixed-income markets of Europe. The introduction of the euro in 1999 cast a new focus on the financial markets of constituent euro-zone countries which have subsequently seen their domestic markets emerge as the second largest ...

Advance fixed income analysis

This book is aimed at experienced practitioners in the corporate bond markets and is a specialised text for investors and traders. The author relates from both personal experience as well as his own research to bring together subjects of practical importance to bond market practitioners ...

Interest rate modelling

This book provides the first summary and critical appraisal of the thinking that currently informs the management of business relationships, from the perspectives of both the buyer and supplier. The authors argue that these approaches are one-dimensional and instead recommend a more holistic approach based ...

Inside the yield

the classic that created the science of bond analysis

First published in 1972, Inside the Yield Book revolutionized the fixed-income industry and forever altered the way investors looked at bonds. More than thirty years later, it remains a standard primer and reference among market professionals. Generations of practitioners, investors, and students have relied on ...

Financial derivatives

pricing, applications, and mathematics

This book offers a complete, succinct account of the principles of financial derivatives pricing. The first chapter provides readers with an intuitive exposition of basic random calculus. Concepts such as volatility and time, random walks, geometric Brownian motion, and Ito's lemma are discussed heuristically ...

Investing in corporate bonds and credit risk

Investing in Corporate Bonds and Credit Risk is a valuable tool for any corporate bond investor. All the most recent developments and strategies in investment in corporate bonds are analyzed included with qualitative and quantitative approaches. A complete and up-to-date investment process is developed through ...

Financial derivatives in theory and practice

Originally published in 2000, Financial Derivatives in Theory and Practice is a complete, rigorous and readable account of the mathematics underlying derivative pricing and a guide to applying these ideas to solve real pricing problems. It is aimed at practitioners and researchers who wish to ...